bidirectional_bfs_example.cc

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# include <iostream>
# include <iomanip>
# include <string>
# include <utility>
# include <aleph.H>
# include <tpl_graph.H>
# include <Bidirectional_BFS.H>
 
using namespace Aleph;
using namespace std;
 
using Node_Info = string;
using Arc_Info = int;
using GT = List_Graph<Graph_Node<Node_Info>, Graph_Arc<Arc_Info>>;
 
int main() {
  cout << "=== Bidirectional BFS Example ===" << endl << endl;
 
  GT g;
 
  auto alice = g.insert_node("Alice");
  auto bob = g.insert_node("Bob");
  auto charlie = g.insert_node("Charlie");
  auto david = g.insert_node("David");
  auto eve = g.insert_node("Eve");
  auto frank = g.insert_node("Frank");
  auto grace = g.insert_node("Grace");
 
  // Undirected: insert both directions
  g.insert_arc(alice, bob, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(bob, alice, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(alice, eve, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(eve, alice, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(bob, charlie, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(charlie, bob, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(charlie, david, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(david, charlie, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(charlie, grace, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(grace, charlie, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(eve, frank, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(frank, eve, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(frank, grace, Arc_Info(0));
  g.insert_arc(grace, frank, Arc_Info(0));
 
  cout << "Social network (degrees of separation):" << endl
       << endl
       << "    Alice --- Bob --- Charlie --- David" << endl
       << "      |               |" << endl
       << "     Eve --- Frank - Grace" << endl << endl;
 
  Bidirectional_BFS<GT> bibfs;
 
  Aleph::Array<std::pair<GT::Node *, GT::Node *>> queries = {
      {alice, david}, {alice, charlie}, {alice, grace}, {bob, eve}};
 
  cout << "Finding shortest paths:" << endl;
 
  for (auto [src, tgt] : queries) {
    Path<GT> path(g);
    bool found = bibfs(g, src, tgt, path);
 
    cout << "  " << left << setw(12) << src->get_info()
         << " to " << left << setw(12) << tgt->get_info()
         << ": ";
 
    if (found) {
      path.for_each_node([](auto * n) { cout << n->get_info() << " "; });
    } else {
      cout << "No path";
    }
 
    cout << endl;
  }
 
  cout << endl << "=== Performance ===" << endl
       << "Time:  O(b^(d/2))" << endl
       << "Space: O(b^(d/2))" << endl
       << "vs Standard BFS: O(b^d) both time and space" << endl;
 
  return 0;
}